Automobile bumper arrangement and modular bumper system

US8414041B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• BENTELER AUTOMOBILTECHNIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Mirko Paare · Paderborn, DE
• Dariusz Straznikiewicz · Paderborn, DE
• Oliver Müller · Paderborn, DE
• Enrico Seidl · Neukirchen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 12, 2011
• Grant date: Apr 9, 2013
• Expiry date: Apr 12, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2019/247
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An automobile bumper arrangement includes a crossbeam coupled to side rails of an automobile via crash boxes, wherein the crossbeam has extensions disposed at end sections which are laterally supported on a corresponding crash box. A modular bumper system has a crossbeam, an extension and a crash box coupled to a side rail of an automobile, wherein the crossbeam has a standardized length and a vehicle-specific width of a bumper can be attained by varying the length of the extension.